Peter Albach (born 26 July 1956 in

Sömmerda Sömmerda is a town near Erfurt in Thuringia, Germany, on the Unstrut river. It is the capital of the Sömmerda (district), district of Sömmerda. History Archeological digs in the area that is now Sömmerda, formerly Leubingen, have uncovered ...

Bezirk Erfurt The Bezirk Erfurt was a district (''Bezirk'') of East Germany. The administrative seat and the main town was Erfurt. History The district was established, along with the other 13, on 25 July 1952, substituting the old German states. After 3 Octob ...

) is a German

politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking, a ...

and member of the CDU. From 2005 to 2009 he was a member of the

Bundestag The Bundestag (, "Federal Diet") is the German federal parliament. It is the only federal representative body that is directly elected by the German people. It is comparable to the United States House of Representatives or the House of Commons ...

of Germany.Bundestag
He did not run for the federal elections in 2009. Since 1990, he has uninterruptedly served as the mayor of

Weißensee, Thuringia Weißensee (German for "white lake") is a town in the district of Sömmerda, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated 6 km northwest of Sömmerda, and 25 km north of Erfurt. The former municipality Herrnschwende was merged into Weißensee ...

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1956 births Living people People from Sömmerda People from Bezirk Erfurt German Lutherans Members of the Bundestag for Thuringia Mayors of places in Thuringia Members of the Bundestag 2005–2009 Members of the Bundestag for the Christian Democratic Union of Germany {{Germany-CDU-politician-stub